Jacob Rabon IV (born December 19, 1995), better known by his online pseudonym Alpharad, is an American YouTuber, esports personality, and musician. He is best known for his gaming videos on the Super Smash Bros. series along with his participation in the fighting game community as a tournament organizer.
Early life
Rabon was born on December 19, 1995, in Norman, Oklahoma. He gained an interest in filmmaking around the fifth grade, uploading comedic videos for his friends, one of his first videos being Major O’s. Later, he would take video editing and cinematography classes in high school. Rabon attended the University of Oklahoma while making YouTube videos as a full-time job. However, he later stated that he dropped out to fully focus on his rising YouTube career. His original goal was to be a writer, director, or editor of some kind, but soon learned that in being someone else’s editor he couldn’t have as much creative freedom as he could making his own content.
YouTube
Rabon created his main YouTube channel on January 13, 2014. Since its creation, he has made various gaming videos on his channel, Alpharad, including the Super Smash Bros. series, Pokémon, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Fall Guys, as well as other Nintendo titles. He has also dabbled in speedrunning, specifically in a video of him intensely playing through a Super Mario 64 first-person shooter mod, as well as being a retired Super Mario Odyssey speedrunner. Rabon’s main YouTube channel has reached over 2.83 million subscribers as of October 2022. He hosted a game show titled “Who Wants To Be An Influencer?” where contestants had to do challenges related to content creation, which included a simulated meet with a fan and a contest based on making faces to be used in YouTube thumbnails.
In November 2022, he was invited by SEGA to travel to Hawaii and play an early demo of Sonic Frontiers. He spent around an hour of the five hour test session trying to get an S Rank on the second level.
Esports
Rabon has been involved in esports as a tournament organizer and affiliate with other prominent esports personalities. In January 2020, he participated in a Pokémon VGC tournament hosted by Wolfe Glick with fellow competitive Super Smash Bros. players Ludwig Ahgren, ESAM, and Mew2King amongst other content creators.
Two months later, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rabon co-hosted five online tournaments called the “Quarantine Series” with fellow YouTuber Cr1TiKaL,[ which consisted of two events, Minors and Majors, offering $5,000 and $10,000 in prizes, respectively. The major invitationals featured top Super Smash Bros. players such as MKLeo, Samsora, Nairo and Marss, and was streamed on both Cr1TiKaL’s Twitch channel and Rabon’s YouTube channel.
In 2018, Rabon purchased a monthly stake for the esports organization, Panda Global, becoming their content director and a minority shareholder. He had previously expressed his desire to hold more weight in the organization.
In October 2021, Rabon hosted a Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl charity tournament with Panda Global member Coney for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The tournament featured content creators such as Cr1TiKaL, Ludwig Ahgren, Trihex and Jaiden Animations, and ultimately raised over $100,000.
Other ventures
Music
Rabon is also a musician, and he formed a band named Ace of Hearts. Their first single was “Fool for You”, which was released on April 1, 2020. The band’s first EP, Monophobia, was released on June 5, 2020.[16] This was then followed by another single, “Silver Lining”, which was released nearly a month later on July 1, 2020. The band’s second EP, Scorpion Queen, was released on December 13, 2020.[17] The band’s single “Lights Off” was released on March 31, 2021. Ace of Hearts’ most recent single, “Deadbeat Boulevard”, released on November 11, 2021. Their newest album “Frozen in Time” was released on December 10, 2021.
| Title | ||
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| 1. | “Fool for You” | 3:09 |
| 2. | “Manic Daydream” | 2:36 |
| 3. | “Lighter Than Air” | 5:35 |
| 4. | “Monophobia” | 3:26 |
| Total length: | 14:47 | |
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Scorpion Queen” | 5:50 |
| 2. | “Your Name” | 5:20 |
| 3. | “All the Rain” | 4:17 |
| Total length: | 15:27 | |
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Lights Off” | 3:12 |
| 2. | “Deep Space” | 2:46 |
| 3. | “Find Me in Your Dreams” | 4:35 |
| 4. | “Silver Lining” | 4:30 |
| 5. | “Monophobia II” | 3:56 |
| 6. | “Your Name” | 5:21 |
| 7. | “Queen of Everything” | 3:41 |
| 8. | “Deadbeat Boulevard” | 3:38 |
| 9. | “Waiting for Your Call” | 4:34 |
| 10. | “A Life Frozen in Time” | 7:24 |
| Total length: | 43:38 | |
Personal life
In 2018, Rabon married his long-time girlfriend, Fiorella Zoll. They were living in their home state, Oklahoma, before moving to Los Angeles alongside close friend and frequent collaborator JoSniffy. On June 15, 2020, Rabon came out as bisexual. Rabon announced his divorce to his wife Fiorella on October 20, 2021, stating that they had been separated for some time before the announcement. During an episode of Rabon’s podcast, How Did We Get Here?, Rabon opened up about his experience being diagnosed with ADHD. In the same podcast, he also revealed that he is somewhere in the asexual aromantic spectrum.
Daily Habits
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Work Time |
10 AM to 8 PM |
| Workout Time | 8 AM to 9 AM |
| Travel | Update Soon |
| Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner | Update Soon |
Facebook, Instagram & Twitter
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Net Worth
The Estimated Net worth is $80K – USD $85k.
| Monthly Income/Salary (approx.) | $80K – $85k USD |
| Net Worth (approx.) | $4 million- $6 million USD |
